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The restriction on ATVs have spiked the Elk Herd.
Oh boy.
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Good, keep the ATV's out of the woods. They have ruined some of the best hunting areas in Oregon with the ATV trails created in previously pristine hunting habitat. Keep the noisy putt-putts out of the habitat and game populations increase....DUH!
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An elk is a very big animal and it's amazing how many hunters are not prepared to pack one out.
I have an ATV and use it hunting in certain areas where it's allowed. So I'm not against the use.
In fact this falls Desert Bighorn sheep hunt, it was a much more practical solution that using a horse.
One of my pet peeves is the ATV rider who believes it's his right to retrieve a downed animal with his ATV.
They ride the roads with the ATV, and if lucky enough to shoot an elk, they drive the ATV to the downed animal, tearing up the hillside and scaring animal out of the area.
If an area is closed to wheeled vehicles, It's closed. Choose a different mode of travel.
The area I hunt is a 7 mile hike in from the trailhead. It was closed to wheeled vehicles in 1983. But there are still hunters who try to sneek in with their ATVs to hunt.
It creates confrontations between those who hike or ride horses in when an ATV rider blows by them in an area that is closed to wheeled vehicles. If I spend my time and energy to
access a remote area, it's not fair for somebody else to break the law to access it via an easier method.
If you want to hunt off an ATV, then choose an area open to a ATV. You may not see as many animals. But thats your choice.
If you want to have a back country experience, then hike or ride a horse into the back country and be prepared to work at gettin your game animals out. It's all part of the experience.
I have an ATV and use it hunting in certain areas where it's allowed. So I'm not against the use.
In fact this falls Desert Bighorn sheep hunt, it was a much more practical solution that using a horse.
One of my pet peeves is the ATV rider who believes it's his right to retrieve a downed animal with his ATV.
They ride the roads with the ATV, and if lucky enough to shoot an elk, they drive the ATV to the downed animal, tearing up the hillside and scaring animal out of the area.
If an area is closed to wheeled vehicles, It's closed. Choose a different mode of travel.
The area I hunt is a 7 mile hike in from the trailhead. It was closed to wheeled vehicles in 1983. But there are still hunters who try to sneek in with their ATVs to hunt.
It creates confrontations between those who hike or ride horses in when an ATV rider blows by them in an area that is closed to wheeled vehicles. If I spend my time and energy to
access a remote area, it's not fair for somebody else to break the law to access it via an easier method.
If you want to hunt off an ATV, then choose an area open to a ATV. You may not see as many animals. But thats your choice.
If you want to have a back country experience, then hike or ride a horse into the back country and be prepared to work at gettin your game animals out. It's all part of the experience.
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I think the safest bet is to find areas where ATVs simply cannot access because of non traversable ground--imo, why take the chance of having your hunt ruined by an idiot on a quad?
ATVs really spook elk. I've spent a fair amount of time recreating on legal atv trails in elk country. I've never had an elk just stand there when they hear a quad unless it's an area with really low hunting pressure and even then, it's unusual. Deer are a different story.
I think the safest bet is to find areas where ATVs simply cannot access because of non traversable ground--imo, why take the chance of having your hunt ruined by an idiot on a quad?
ATVs really spook elk. I've spent a fair amount of time recreating on legal atv trails in elk country. I've never had an elk just stand there when they hear a quad unless it's an area with really low hunting pressure and even then, it's unusual. Deer are a different story.
Wow, I might have to consider Montana now. I love the guy complaining about having to pack out an elk 3 or 4 miles while walking down a perfectly good road. Damn, that sounds like the perfect situation to me! locked gates to keep the road hunters and ATV's out, yet a nice cleared path in which to pack your elk on. No cliffs, slick rocks, dead falls, etc. Sounds ideal to me.
